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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Musicology
A cappella
Flat
Portamento
2. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Grandioso
Quintet
Romantic
Sonata form
3. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Twelve-tone music
Counterpoint
Temperament
4. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Pentatonic Scale
Chorus
Septet
5. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Elegy
Oratorio
Leitmotif
Mezzo
6. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Major
Opera
Accessible
7. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Ricercar
Verismo
Reprise
8. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Tritone
Klangfarbenmelodie
Relative pitch
9. The principal note of a triad.
Opus
Major
Root
Form
10. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Ricercar
Capriccio
Elegy
Sharp
11. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Polytonality
Dissonance
Form
12. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Ligature
Cantabile
Rococo
Chord
13. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Elegy
Dissonance
Sequence
Tonic
14. A direction to play expressively.
Espressivo
Introduction
Septet
Voice
15. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
Key
Partita
Courante
16. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Fifth
Major
Pentatonic Scale
Rondo
17. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Part
Carol
Cantata
Opus
18. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Tempo
Klangfarbenmelodie
Prelude
Coda
19. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Tone
Unison
Progression
A cappella
20. The structure of a piece of music.
Tempo
Whole-tone scale
Treble
Form
21. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Espressivo
Cantata
Concerto
Slur
22. A separate section of a larger composition.
Cantata
Virtuoso
Movement
Slur
23. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Capriccio
Temperament
Galliard
24. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Libretto
Mezzo
Beat
Ornaments
25. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Resonance
Hymn
Voice
Root
26. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Relative major and minor
Exposition
Libretto
Form
27. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Trio
Accessible
Recital
Scordatura
28. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Vivace
Counterpoint
Soprano
Rhythm
29. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Minuet
Virtuoso
Galliard
Partial
30. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Neoclassical
Voice
Twelve-tone music
Tutti
31. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Whole note
Interlude
Adagio
Resonance
32. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Modulation
Capriccio
Orchestra
Fugue
33. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Sextet
Chant
Gavotte
Register
34. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Ricercar
Sharp
Measure
Introduction
35. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Form
Cavatina
Musicology
Notation
36. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Cantabile
Ostinato
Consonance
37. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Motif
Tritone
Flat
38. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Suite
Part
Twelve-tone music
Rococo
39. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Harmony
Legato
Scordatura
Major
40. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Elegy
Whole-tone scale
Cadenza
Romantic
41. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Ricercar
Recitative
Maestro
Recital
42. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Nonet
Courante
Sonata
Quartet
43. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Recital
Classicism
Tune
Key
44. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Rondo
Expressionism
Cantabile
Musette
45. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Minuet
Orchestration
Introduction
Symphony
46. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Voice
Leading note
Accelerando
47. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Recapitulation
Monotone
Development
Interpretation
48. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Tonality
Pentatonic Scale
Cavatina
49. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Movement
Register
Etude
50. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Renaissance
Tonic
Rondo